Ask.com Finishes Lexico Purchase
From the archive: published Jul 4, 2008, 18 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Ask.com has officially finished its purchase of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
The acquisition — first announced back in May — is now a done deal, with the full parent company Lexico now under Ask.com’s control.
The companies still haven’t disclosed a price, though some reports have put it in the $100 million range.